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Jigneshbharati Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Are dealt

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.
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Is "we are dealt" a passive?
What does "deal" mean here if it's a verb?

  

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Jigneshbharati Is "we are dealt" a passive? Yes. Jigneshbharati What does "deal" mean here if it's a verb?

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JigneshbharatiIs "we are dealt" a passive?

Yes.

JigneshbharatiWhat does "deal" mean here if it's a verb?

I think you can find it yourself in the dictionary: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/deal

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If you deal playing cards, you give them out to the players in a game of cards. The croupier dealt each player a card, face down. He once dealt cards in an illegal gambling joint.(Collins English Online Dictionary) Yes, deal is in the passive voice in your sentence.CB
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